After categorically rejecting the scenario of drawing up leftist government, French President Emmanuel Macron today launched a new cycle of consultations to find a suitable prime minister in an increasingly tense political climate, summarizes France Press, quoted by BTA.
On the eve of the opening of the Paralympic Games and a few days before the start of the school year, France is still governed by a government that has resigned for more than 40 days. Such a thing has not happened since the end of the Second World War in the country.
The head of state today renewed consultations in a very unclear context with those who want to work for the highest interests of the country, Macron said today.
Representatives of the right party "Republicans" will be accepted by the president tomorrow, but neither the extreme right nor the radical left have been invited to this new round of talks, having participated in the cycle that ended yesterday. Some of the invited political representatives have now refused to participate. It is believed that in the course of these talks, Macron will also consult with former presidents.
Yesterday, the president rejected the option of forming a government of the New Popular Front - the left-wing alliance that won the parliamentary elections at the beginning of July and nominated high-ranking Paris municipal official Lucie Caste as a candidate for prime minister.
The president cited institutional stability as an argument for rejecting the option of such a cabinet, pointing out that other political blocs, from the center to the extreme right, have vowed to vote against a government with an overly left-wing agenda. According to Macron, this will make the situation dangerous.
But this decision of the president, announced yesterday evening in a long statement, raised the ire of the New People's Front, which described it as a denial of democracy.
"Disobedient France", which is part of the New Popular Front along with socialists, environmentalists and communists, has called for a protest against Macron on September 7.
Socialist leader Olivier Faure announced that he would not go to the presidential palace for new consultations and spoke of a travesty of democracy.
Environmental representative Marine Tondlier and communist Fabian Roussel promised the left would continue to fight and called on the French to mobilize.
Despite winning the parliamentary elections, the Left does not have an absolute majority in the National Assembly. But the other two blocs - that of the presidential camp and that of the extreme right do not have such a majority either. Thus, the search for a compromise becomes more and more complicated.
President Macron decided to dissolve the National Assembly following the failure of his bloc in the European elections on July 9. But this decision plunged the country into political chaos. Today, the presidential camp calls for responsible behavior and tries to win over the socialists by isolating the radical left.
Outgoing interior minister Gerald Darmanen called today for a broad coalition, saying Macron's supporters could reach a minimum agreement with the Socialists that would allow France to function.
The traditional right, for its part, refuses any coalition, without excluding the option of voting for "the one that leads in the right direction so as not to let France smash its head against the wall", as its representative Valerie Pecres stated.< /p>
The far right, for its part, accuses Macron of trying to create chaos.
Macron does not have much time to choose a new prime minister. On October 1, the new government must present the draft budget to the National Assembly.
And the president himself has a busy schedule. Tomorrow he will attend the opening of the Paralympic Games, and the next day he leaves for a visit to Serbia.